SALKANTAY TREK 5 DAYS OVERVIEW
TOUR TYPE SALKANTAY TREK 5 DAYS: hiking, camping, adventure, culture and history.
STARTING ALTITUD: 2900M/ 9515ft.
HIGHEST ALTITUD: 4650m/15200ft.
WALKING DISTANCE: 60.5 km / 37.5 miles.
COLDEST NIGHT: Day 1 around 0º Celsius.
OVERALL DIFFICULTY: Difficult (depends on your level of fitness)
See also Alternative Trek for Inca Jungle Trek 4 Days
Included in Salkantay Trek 5 Days
- Briefing at your hotel, the night before the tour
- Pick up from your hotel
- Transport from Cusco to Challacancha
- Professional guide
- 4 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 4 evening meals
- Horse for carrying a maximum of 8 kilograms of baggage per person
- Horses (equipment, food)
- Camping equipment (tents and sleeping mats)
- Entrance to Machu Picchu
- 01 night’s stay at a hotel in Aguas Calientes( 3 star)
- Return train ticket in expeditions class Aguas Calientes –Ollantaytambo
- Transport Ollantaytambo – Cusco
What to Bring to Salkantay Trek 5 Days?:
- Backpack
- Warm clothing for the nighttime
- walking boot
- Rain gear
- Flashlight
- Hat
- T-shirts
- Insect repellent
- Sun cream.
- Plastic rain poncho
- Water purification tablets
- First aid kit
- Bottle of water
- Passport
- Student card if you have one
- Extra cash in Peruvian currency and dollars
- Walking poles
- Cámara
- Batery
WE OFFER YOU TWO OPTIONS TO GO BACK TO CUSCO AFTER VISITING MACHU PICCHU.
TRAIN OPTION:
You can visit Machu Picchu for a longer time and have enough time if you are planning to do HUAYNAPICCHU or MACHU PICCHU MOUNTAIN, which require a minimum of 3 hours approximately. After visiting the area of Machu Picchu for 7 to 8 hours, you have to return to the town of Aguas Calientes to take a train at 18:20 to Ollantambo for 1.5 hours then by car to Cusco for 2 hours more to arrive in Cusco around 10:30 pm
CAR OPTION:
You arrive at Machu Picchu around 6:00 am for the guided tour for 2 hours then you have free time to explore the site on your own. If you take this option, and you are thinking to do HUAYNAPICCHU, or MACHU PICCHU MOUNTAIN is possible but will be too very tight and rush because you need to leave Machu Picchu at 11:30 to walk back to Hydroelectric for 3 hours in order to be in Hidrolectrica at 3:00pm to take a car for 6 hours back Cusco. If you are considering doing this option and doing one of the mountains, we recommend you stay one more night in Aguas Calientes and return the 6th day to Cusco by car.
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